When we look at oceans or mountains, whales or bears, fields or deserts, God wants us to see the beauty, power, and wisdom in his creation and think, “What must God be like!” ... And what a God. God rejoices in the works of creation because they point us beyond themselves to God.
Lewis insists on something that is radically out of step with the modern world: “I do not believe that God created an egalitarian world. I believe the authority of parent over child, husband over wife, learned over simple to have been as much a part of the original plan as the authority of man over beast.”1
God created a hierarchical world, a world of rich and glorious inequality, of authority and obedience. Political equality, though necessary because of human sin, is artificial. More than once, Lewis wrote that he believed in democracy, not because men are so good that everyone should be a part of the ruling, but because men are so bad that none of them can be trusted with unfettered power over his fellows.2
Thus, the noble root of the demand for equality is simply the desire for fair play. But however necessary political equality is, “in the Church, we strip off this disguise, we recover our real inequalities, and are thereby refreshed and quickened.”3 Equality, like clothing, is a necessary remedy for the fall. However, behind the facade of equal citizenship, the hierarchical world is alive and well. Or, again, political equality is medicine, not food. It is a protection against cruelty, but not in itself a positive good.
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